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Judge Rules Ex-Deep Sea Treasure Hunter Deceptive About Coins

An ex-deep sea treasure hunter is faking memory problems and intentionally deceiving authorities about the location of missing coins minted from gold from an 1857 shipwreck, a federal judge has ruled.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

The People v. Hoey

By | November 08, 2016
Defendant Not Present at Trial Court for Core Proceedings on 'Molineux/Ventimiglia' Motion
3 minute read

Legaltech News

What Is Proportional? Focus on Relevancy Helps Shape Proportionality Analysis

Inside the District of Arizona's recent e-discovery decision from 'In re: Bard IVC Filters Products Liability Litigation.'
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Tukhi, PICS Case No. 16-1321 (Pa. Super. Oct. 25, 2016) Strassburger, J. (14 pages).

By | November 04, 2016
Appellate counsel was not permitted to withdraw where the court, on an independent review of the record, identified a potentially nonfrivolous claim regarding whether appellant was adequately advised of his post-sentence rights. Motion for leave to withdraw denied.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Kiskadden v. Pa. Dep't of Envtl. Prot., PICS Case No. 16-1324 (Pa. Commw. Oct. 26, 2016) Wojcik, J. (50 pages).

By | November 04, 2016
The board properly determine that oil and gas drilling operations were not the cause of contamination of a nearby property owner's water well. Order of the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board affirmed.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Gold v. Plesset Props. P'ship, PICS Case No. 16-1332 (C.P. Allegheny Oct. 11, 2016) Hertzberg, J. (10 pages).

By | November 04, 2016
An attempt by slip-and-fall plaintiff to include evidence of post-incident remedial measures at trial failed, on the basis of Pa.R.E. 407, adverse witness testimony, and the testimony of an expert biomechanist who analyzed the surveillance video footage. The plaintiff appealed, arguing the remedies should have been admitted as evidence and the expert should have been available for cross-examination regarding the remedial measures. The court disagreed, and reviewed its reasoning for the appellate court.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Law on Insurers' Ability to Compel Medical Exams Developing

Does an insurance policy that mandates claimants to attend as many independent medical examinations as the carrier wants conflict with Pennsylvania's Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law?
10 minute read

Daily Business Review

Audio Captures Police Strategizing About Nightclub Shooter

Police negotiators talking to the Orlando nightclub gunman at first weren't sure if the person they had on the phone was actually in the Pulse nightclub, according to audio recordings.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

CFPB Wants DC Circuit to Revive Probe of For-Profit College Accreditor

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Monday urged a federal appeals court to let the agency revive an investigation into an accreditor of for-profit colleges after a trial judge scuttled the probe and scolded the agency for straying outside its jurisdiction.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Easter, PICS Case No. 16-1285 (C.P. Lycoming Sept. 29, 2016) Lovecchio, J. (6 pages).

By | November 01, 2016
A traffic stop for an apparently unilluminated license plate and failure to use a turn signal within 100 feet was used as a pretext for a search of the vehicle, after the arresting officers recognized the driver from a previous stop for driving under the influence of marijuana. Following a search of the vehicle, the driver was charged with driving under the influence of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. The defendant filed an omnibus pretrial motion on grounds that the stop and arrest were unconstitutional and to suppress evidence from the search. Testimony about the reason for the stop was found inconsistent with the dash-camera video, which led to the finding that the state had not met is burden of proof, and the granting of defendant's motion.
7 minute read

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